In the early 1920s a craze swept England for the game of Beaver, in which players scored by spotting bearded men in the street. Kettelwell supplies a mock-scientific field guide, from the Admiral-Beaver and the Bald-King to the Zebra, with notes on scoring and an essay on the manners and customs of beavering men.
A short, droll curiosity for lovers of English whimsy and social history. Download the free EPUB.